First Track Day!

[Steviebee]

Thanks Dan. Thats great.

How can you tell if you need RTAB ? The car feels good even under heavy load? Its done 47000miles.

Stevie

[shimmy]

Originally Posted by Steviebee

Thanks Dan. Thats great.

How can you tell if you need RTAB ? The car feels good even under heavy load? Its done 47000miles.

Stevie

take a roundabout, come off it with your right foot down and if you get a feeling of the car squirming beneath you get the RTAB changed OR one spring could be broken

[Bealo]

Originally Posted by AlexGTT

Congrats Steviebee. It's fun on track but when it's dry, you won't regret getting a set of Cups. It's a whole new world of grip once you learn how to treat them and run the correct settings. And they actually come with 5mm. My suggestion would be:

Pagid pads, fluid change and hoses.
Cups.
Adjustable top mounts. You can run more suitable camber giving more grip and making your Cups last much longer. You can knock the camber out for track and back again for road.
Get it properly set up by a marque specialist.

Job done.

Agree with Alex... but if you can't stretch to a spare set of wheels and cups just yet stick some PS-2 on your rims and just do the rest for now.

[Dan]

Originally Posted by Steviebee

Thanks Dan. Thats great.

How can you tell if you need RTAB ? The car feels good even under heavy load? Its done 47000miles.

Stevie

As per Shimmy's post is great, my car has also just ticked over 47k, when I put the limiter kit in I changed them as a matter of course anyway, I think they were only £15 a side so just as well make sure they are nice and fresh

[shimmy]

Stevie

Your OEM top mounts are adjustable by 1degree (as I found out recently) however normal maximum camber on OEM occurs around 1.75-2.0 which I'd not quite enough on most track to stop inner tyre wear although on road Tyres it might take a bit longer.

[Dan]

Originally Posted by shimmy

Stevie

Your OEM top mounts are adjustable by 1degree (as I found out recently) however normal maximum camber on OEM occurs around 1.75-2.0 which I'd not quite enough on most track to stop inner tyre wear although on road Tyres it might take a bit longer.

That's sounds about right Shim as Joe at Simpsons set mine to -1.5 on the front I think Might get him to go to -2deg next time I'm there if possible

[AlexGTT]

Yeah, I forgot to say RTAB bushes and limiter kit.

I will add that if you intend to do lots of track work you won't go far wrong fitting AP's.

[shimmy]

I think a need a CSLR sticky showing recommended road and track upgrade stages

[Steviebee]

Originally Posted by shimmy

I think a need a CSLR sticky showing recommended road and track upgrade stages

if this is a regular question may not be a bad idea.... unless you are are a polisher,,,

[AlexGTT]

Originally Posted by Steviebee

if this is a regular question may not be a bad idea.... unless you are are a polisher,,,

Shim has been known to polish turds but not his cars. Trust, his CSL is properly used.